Kevin Durant has become an engaged investor in a number of tech companies since joining the Golden State Warriors.

Durant talked about how it is easier to build those relationships living in the Bay Area as opposed to when he was the Oklahoma City Thunder.

"I have mentors like Ron Conway [early-stage Google and PayPal investor] and Ben Horowitz [co-founder of Silicon Valley venture capital fund Andreessen Horowitz] and good friendships with guys like Chris Lyons [chief of staff for Andreessen Horowitz]," said Durant. "I mean, you just go to dinner with these guys, hang out with them. You start to meet these types of people at games. It's a little easier being here than saying, 'Let's meet up when I come in from Oklahoma.'"

The Durant Company claims early-stage investments from $250,000 to $1 million in roughly 30 companies through a network of venture capitalists, including online digital-currency platform Coinbase, spare-change app Acorns, cloud-computing startup Rubrik, drink company WTRMLN WTR, fast-casual pizza chain Pieology, bike-sharing company LimeBike and delivery company Postmates.

Andre Iguodala and Stephen Curry have similarly used the location of the Warriors to invest in a number of tech companies.